. . . Oh Suzanna; a 1935 popular song.
Words and music by Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner, and Gerald Marks.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Chorus
Oh Suzanna, dust off that old pianna
My hands are itching for those keys
Our troubles will go winging
The moment we start singing
All our fav’rite melodies
Let’s get the gang around
That used to hang around
And when the neighbors hear me singing tenor
They’ll forget about Cantor and Penner
Oh Suzanna, I’ll let you sing soprana
Dust off that old pianna tonight
Interlude
Do re mi fa so la ti do
That’s the scale ev’rybody ought to know
How to play from Do to Do
There is nothing finer than a minor strain
It’s the kinda melody
Gets a lot of sympathy
A chord in “C” is beautiful
I heard somebody say it
A chord in “G” is wonderful
Accordin’ to the way you play it
Chorus
Oh Suzanna, dust off that old pianna
My hands are itching for those keys
It seems like many ages
Since we last turned the pages
Of our fav’rite melodies
Oh look, your father’s here
And here’s your mother, dear
It’s time we had the parlor freshly painted
Time for us to get reacquainted
Oh Suzanna, take off that old bandana
Dust off that old pianna tonight
Sung here by Fred Feild: